Treehouse Quick Tips

The real value of events you attend is in the people you meet and connections you make. In this Treehouse Quick Tip, author and blogger C.C. Chapman shares his strategies for successful networking and standing out from the crowd.

Found a photograph online that you'd like to use on your site, but not sure where it came from or who took it? Or are you a photographer who wants to know where your work is being posted? In this Treehouse Quick Tip, we'll learn how to do a reverse image search using Google Images and TinEye.

In version control, best practice is to commit your work in discrete chunks. Unfortunately, sometimes that's easier said than done when real life gets in the way. In this Treehouse Quick Tip, we'll learn how to overcome this hurdle with Git's stash command.

Many of you are already looking for the next opportunity to work on a freelance project or to get hired by a company. In this Treehouse Quick Tip, Dan Gorgone explains the importance of preparing detailed portfolios and researching prospective clients and companies so you can make a compelling case for yourself as the best candidate for a job or project.

It's tough to find a site on the web today that doesn't include Facebook, Twitter, and other social media logos in its design. You probably want to include them on your own site, but where do you find the actual icons? And are there rules for how to use them? In this Treehouse Quick Tip, Chris walks you through how to not only find the most up to date social media logos, but how to follow each site's brand guidelines.

Tests are small, automated Ruby programs that automatically test different parts of your applications. After writing some tests, you can run them using the "rake" command line application. Treehouse Ruby teacher Jason shows you how to run tests in this Quick Tip.

A Ruby gem is a library you can use in your Ruby applications. It's really easy to install a gem. You just need to know the name of the gem you want to install. In this Treehouse Quick Tip, Ruby teacher Jason shows you how to install the Bundler gem.

Many people assume that the time to test your website is right before it launches. Having a plan in place, from the beginning, to test your website from a user's perspective will make your work so much easier when it's time to go live. Treehouse business teacher Dan explains the ins and outs of website testing in this Treehouse Quick Tip.

Are you starting a new business and wondering what your financing options are? Treehouse Business teacher Pasan explains the various kinds of business financing available to you, including equity financing, debt financing, and angel investors, as well as each of their pros and cons.

Starting up a blog is a fairly simple process these days. But what's not so simple is figuring out what to write about and keeping the content pipeline full. In this Quick Tip, author C.C. Chapman shares advice on how to present new content to raise your profile and generate new business.